Hair dye comprising substituted anthraquinones in shampoo base



United States Patent 3,192,117 HAIR DYE COMPRISING SUBSTITUTED ANTHRA- QUINONES IN SHAMPOO BASE Wilhelm Jakob Kaiser and Alfons Sturm, both of Dussel- (lorf-Hclthausen, Germany, assignors to Therachemie chemisch therapeutische Gesclischaft m.b.H., Dusseldorf, Germany v No Drawing. Filed Feb. 20, 1962, Ser. No. 174,377 Claims priority, application Germany, Feb. 23, 1961, T- 19,717

8 Claims. (Cl. 167-88) The invention relates to novel hair dyes and to their manufacture and, more particularly, to hair dyes containing certain anthraquinone compounds.

The use of anthraquinone and certain derivatives thereof, e.g., derivatives containing amino, carboxyl, hydroxyl or sulfo groups in the ring, for the purpose of dyeing hair, especially human hair, is known.

In the practical application of these known dyes it is necessary to undertake the dyeing of the hair at temperatures between 40 and 40% C. This requires the employment of heating caps or of similar devices. These known dyes also have other drawbacks, especially the one whereby the dyeing power usually greatly diminishes when the dyes are incorporated in creams or pastes, as frequently used in practice.

The object of this invention is found in dyes containing certain anthraquinone dyestuffs, as hereinafter more fully described, which unexpectedly and surprisingly do not have the disadvantages named above.

The characteristics of the novel hair dyes reside in the content on anthraquinone dyestuffs which are free from acid groups in the ring and which contain an aliphatic radical, interrupted once or several times'by heteroatcms, and attached to the anthraquinone radical not directly, but by way of heteroatoms.

Heteroatoms suitable for the above purpose are especially oxygen and sulfur and, under certain conditions, also nitrogen.

It furthermore has been found that particularly such compounds are applicable whose aliphatic radical containsthe group (CI-I CH X) once or several times, whereby X denotes an oxygen or sulfur atom, and n is a 7 whole number from 1 to 20, preferably 1-3.

Whereas the anthraquinone radical must be free from acid groups, such as hydroxyl, carboxyl or sulfo groups, other substituents, such as halogens or nitro groups, may be present therein. Particularly suitable are those anthraq'uinone' dyes which contain one or, preferably, two primary amino groups.

The anthraquinone derivatives to be used according to the invention are readily produced by reacting halogenated, nitrated or sulfonated anthraquinones, which may contain one or two primary amino groups, with monoor polyglycols or with their monoalkyl ethers. The reaction is carried out in the presence of basic materials, e.g., of alkalis. -In lieu of the glycols, thioglycols also can be employed, in which case the corresponding sulfur compounds are obtained,

A further mode of production consists, e.g., in reacting 1,4 diaminoanthraquinone with p-toluenesulfonic acid esters of monoethyl diethylene glycol. In that instance,

.an aliphatic radical, interrupted by oxygen atoms, is ob- 3,192,117 Patented June 29, 1965 vided, if desired, with wetting and washing. agents, especially with anionic or nonionic agents, and so used.

The dyeability of such mixtures is good. Thus, the dye-v processed with these additives since the dyes named are stable in the presence of these materials, which is another pronounced advantage.

,As stated above, the novel hair dyeing agents can beemployed to dye hair without the application of heating means, i.e., they can be applied at temperatures below 40 C., that is, substantially at room temperature. The hair dyeing agents thereby may be weakly acid, neutral or also alkaline so that they can be employed in cases where an especial sensitivity against alkalis exists. I

Moreover, the hair dyeing agents, although particularly suited for the dyeing of human hair, also can be employed on furs. They may contain thickeners, such as methylcellulose, starch, or others used for this purpose, e.g., higher fatty alcohols, Vaseline, parafiin oil and fatty acids.

The additives are used in the commonly employed quantities. The concentration of the dyes, according to the end use, is up to 5 percent by weight, preferably 0.1

to 2 percent, calculated on the total composition.

Finally, the dyes named can be used singly or in mixture, if desired, in mixture with other dyestuffs. They may serve to dye grey hair or to give any color hair another color.

The preparation of permanent waves in hair previously treated with the hair dyeing agents according to the invention also is feasible without incurring a change in the hue or tint of the hair. This is a further advantage of the hair dyeing agents according. to the invention.

Table 1 lists compounds which are particularly suited for the purpose at hand. In the right column, the coloring effect on grey hair is given. However, it should be considered that, upon redyeing of natural hair with these dyes which frequently are red or blue, brown and black hues also are obtained. In the examples to follow below, the anthraquinone dyes are referred to by their number in Table 1.

r 4 Table 1-Continued Table 1Continued N0. Formula Color N0, Formula C0101- v NH; fl I 2)2 2)z 3.... Brilliant 12--. Blue; slight purple. red hue.

u I n O S-C'Hz-fi-IIF-CAHn NHz O O H I R=H or a lower alkyl radical with 1-4 C-atoms (H) I| IH(CH2)1-O(OH2)zOCzHa NH2 (6 ITTH(CHz)zO(CH2)-2O 0213 4.... Blue. 13 0 Blue.

I u i O NH(CH2)2""O (CHz)z-OC:H5 NH; O t 1 5 O-(CHz)g-O(CH2)2OH Strong red 14 Blue, a little with blue stronger than 13. I enm-ownm-ocnn 0 NH: NH 0 N\ (I? NH; (CHM-0 (CH2)2-O C2H5 6..-- O(CHz)rS(CHz)z-OR Strong red. i

15-.. H i Blue. 0 NH? r 011F011. 13:11 or a lower alkyl radical with 14 C-atoms. i ly \O 0 NH [I 2 /(CH1)2O(CHz)zOC- H 7.--- N Blue with ion O(OH) 00 H h il e 2 2 2 2- 2 5 The dyestuffs shown in Formulae 5, 6, 8-12, 14 and 15 H in Table l are novel per se,.and the manner of their manu- 0 NH2 facture is given below. 0 NHz. Dye #5 ll l 48 g. (1.2 mols) NaOH are dissolved in 1.500 ml. O[(CH)2O]H g l' fig ethylene diglycol, and the water formed thereby is re- 0 H 0 moved at 120 C. by a slow stream of nitrogen. 273 g. C (1 mol) 1,4-diarnino-2-chloroanthraquinone then are add- 6 NH: 50 ed with good agitation, and the mixture is stirred in a bath of 100 C. for 8 hours, followed by stirring in a bath n=1'3 of 130 C. for 16 hours. The excess solvent then is dis- I NH; tilled in vacuo, at the end of the distillation at a bath temperature of 120 C. and 0.5 mm. pressure. The residue is O(OH)ZO (OH)2 OR f gfifi cooled to 100 C., and 1,000 ml. Water added thereto,

H OR stirred at 90 C. for a short time, neutralized with approxi- 0(CH2)2O (C 2)?- rnately 18 percent HCl, filtered by suction at approxill NH mately 20 to 30 C., suspended in 500 ml; water, again 2 filtered by suction, and dried at 70C. with a weak vacu- R=Hm1wem1ky1 l4o'atoms um. The powder thus obtained melts at approximately 0 NH: CH CH 2 00 C. Without exhibiting a sharp-melting point. The I 2 a correspondent dyestuffs with ether groups (see Dye For- *OCH2CH OCH* fi g fig mula 5) are obtained by the use of an ethylene diglycol l ether with a lower alkyl radical containing l-4 C-atorns O CHCHTO CF instead of'ethylene diglycol as a starting product.

CHz-CH i NH: Dye #6 This dyestufi' is obtained by the same method as for Dye 5, except that, in lieu of 1,500 ml. ethylene diglycol, 11m O (CHM-S (OHZMOH fiiug fih 1,500 ml. thiodiglycol are .used as the starting product.

The correspondent dyestuffs with ether groups (see Dye O- CH 3- OH) OH a)? 2 2 Formula 6) are obtained by the use of a th1od1glycol ether 1 with a lower alkyl radical containing 1-4 C-atoms instead of thiodiglycol as a starting product.

Dye #8 96 g. NaOH are dissolved in 1,500 ml. diethylene glycol, and the Water formed thereby is removed at 120 C. by a slow stream of nitrogen. 307 g. 1,4-diamino-2,3-dichloroanthraquinone then are added with strong agitation, which is continued for 8 hours at 100 C. and another 16 hours at 130 C. The excess solvent then is distilled whereby, at the end of the distillation, the bath temperature is 120 C. and the pressure 0.6 mm. The residue is stirred with 1,000 ml. water at 8090 C., neutralized with approximately 18 percent HCl, filtered by suction at approximately 20 to 25 C., again suspended in 500 ml. water, suction-filtered and dried in vacuo at 100 C., whereby the reaction product sinters to a wax-like mass.

Dye #9 These dyestuffs are obtained in the same manner as Dyestutf 8 except that, in lieu of 1,500 ml. diethylene glycol, 1,500 ml. of a' diethylene glycol ether of the group: methyl ether, ethyl ether, propyl ether or butyl ether is employed as starting product.

Dye #10 This dyestufi is obtained by the same method as used for Dye 8 except that 1,500 ml. thiodiglycol are used as starting product in lieu of diethylene glycol.

Dye #11 i The dyestutf is obtained in the same manner as Dye 8 except that 1,500 ml. tetrahydrofurfurol are used as starting product instead of diethylene glycol.

Dye #12 283 g. 1,4-diamino-S-nitroanthraquinone (1 mol) are entered with good agitation at approximately 60 C. in a solution of 48 g. NaOH in 1,000 ml. diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, after that solution had been freed from water at 120 C. by conducting a weak stream of nitrogen therethrough. Agitation is continued for 14 hours at 100 C., the solvent then is distilled in vacuo whereby the bath temperature is increased to a final 120 C. at 4 mm. pressure. Refining of the crude product is carried out as described for Dye 8. The powdered product melts at approximately ISO-140 C. without exhibiting a sharp melting point.

Dye #14 283 g. (1 mol) 1,4-diamino-S-nitroanthraquinone are stirred together with 1,500 ml. di(-ethoxyethoxyethyl-)- amine in a bath of 100 C. for 24 hours. The production of the amine is carried out as disiclosed in U.S. Patent 2,285,419. 7

The excess solvent is distilled in vacuo, whereby the bath temperature is held at 100 C. at a pressure of 0.3 mm. The residue, dried in vacuo at 70 C., is pasty.

Dye #15 This dyestulf is obtained in the same manner as described for Dye 14 except that 1,500 ml. morpholine are used as starting product in lieu of 1,500 ml. di(-ethoxyethyl-)amine.

The invention now will be further illustrated by the following examples. However, it should be understood that these are given merely by way of explanation, not of limitation, and that numerous changes may be made in the details without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

EXAMPLE 1 80 g. cetyl stearyl alcohol and 19 g. coconut alcohol (produced from the fatty acids of coconut oil) are melted together at 90 C. To this mixture, 10 g. Dye 9 are added with agitationat the same temperature. Dye 9 had been manufactured by reacting dichlorinated 1,4-diaminoanthraquinone with monoethyldiethylene glycol in the presence of an alkali. Thereafter, 175 g. of a paste consisting of 58 percent by weight of a fatty alcohol sulfate, produced from coconut fatty acids, and 42 percent water, were stir-red in at 90 C. Finally, the mixture is brought to 1,000 g. by making up the diferenoe with hot water and a little ammonia. Upon cooling with agitation, a cream having a pH of 8.5 to 9 is obtained. This cream dyes grey hair red with a blue hue at 30 C. in

approximately 20 minutes.

A cream of the same composition, but containing only 5 g. of the same dyestuff, imparts to dark brown hair a chestnut color within 15-20 minutes.

In a process analogous to the one given above, grey hair can be dyed using the dyestuffs named in Table 1 under (1) to (4), (6) to (8), (10), (11), and (13). The shade listed in Table 1 is conferred on the hair thus treated.

EXAMPLE 2 10 g. Dye 10, produced from 1,4diamino-5-nitroanthraquinone by reaction with a solution ofsodium in monoethyldiethylene glycol, are worked to 1,000 g. of a cream in the manner described in Example 1. This cream dyes grey hair a strong blue with a slight red hue.

A cream of the same composition, but containing only 1 g. Dye 12 and adjusted to a pH of 4 with acetic acid, imparts to hair which had yellowed a beautiful silver color.

EXAMPLE 3 9 g. Dye 12 are heated with g. cetyl stearyl alcohol and 19 g. coconut alcohol at C., as described in Example 1, to which, at that temperature and under agitation, g. of a paste are added consisting of 58 percent by weight fatty alcohol sulfate (C C and 42 percent water. A hot solution of 1 g. of the sodium salt of 2,4- dinitronaphtholsulfonic acid in 20 ml. water is stirred in, and the solution brought to 980 g. with hot water. After cooling to room temperature with continued agitation, enough water and ammonia are added to bring the solution to 1,000 g. at a pH of 8.5. A cream results which dyes grey hair to a brownish black in approximately 20 minutes at approximately 30 C.

EXAMPLE 4 A cream is prepared using 7.7 g. Dye 12 and 0.7 g. Dye 9, as described in Example 3, using 1.6 g. of the sodium salt of 2,4-dinitronaphtholsulfonic acid. 1,000 g. of a cream thus are obtained which dyes grey hair to a black brown in approximately 20 minutes at approximately 30 C.

EXAMPLE 5 8 g. Dye 12 are worked into 1,000 g. of paste, as described in Example 3, whereby the sodium salt named therein is replaced by 2 g. of the sodium salt of the mono- (4-amino-3-nitroanilid) of maleic acid. The latter had been produced according to Example 2 of German Patent 1,087,565.

The paste thus obtained dyes naturally greyed hair dark brown.

EXAMPLE 6 A cream is prepared using 6 g. Dye 12 and 4 g. sodium salt of the mono(-4-amino-3-nitroanilid) of maleic acid, in the manner described in Example 5. The cream thus obtained dyes grey hair dark blond.

EXAMPLE 7 5 g. Dye 9 and 5 g. of the same maleic acid amide as described in Example 6 are worked to 1,000 g. of a cream, as described in Example 6. Grey hair treated therewith assumes a mahogany color.

When the color proportions are changed so that, in lieu of 5 g. dye, only 2 g. Dye 9 and 8 g. of the same maleic acid amide, as described in Example 6, are employed, grey hair, treated with the resulting cream, becomes titian red.

EXAMPLE 8 A cream was prepared as described in Example 1, containing, in 1,000 g. total, g. Dye 12 and 5 g. 4-amino-3- nitrophenyl urea. This cream dyes grey hair a medium chestnut brown.

When this cream contains only 0.5 g. Dye 12 and 4.5 g. of the urea derivative named above, grey hair is dyed gold blond.

' EXAMPLE 9 10 g. Dye 12 are melted together, at 90 C., with 50 g. cetyl stearyl alcohol and 19 g. coconut alcohol. Into this, at the same temperature, are stirred 175 g. of a paste consisting of 58 percent by weight fatty alcohol sulfate, prepared from coconut fatty acids, and ,42 percent water. By addition of hot water to a total of almost 2,000 g. under agitation, continued agitation until cooled, and adjustment to 2,000 g. and a pH of 8.5 with aqueous ammonia, a viscous liquid is obtained which dyes grey hair astrong blue with a slight red hue.

EXAMPLE 10 10 g. Dye 12 are melted together, at 90 C., with 88 g..cetyl stearyl alcohol, 19 g. coconut alcohol, and 109 g. of the reaction product of a fatty alcohol mixture (C -C with 10 mol ethylene oxide- The mixture then is thinned to approximately 1,000 g. with hot water while stirring, cooled to room temperature under continued agitation, and then adjusted to 1,000 g. and a pH of 8.5 with water and ammonia. This cream dyes grey hair not quite as strongly blue as the cream of like dye concenrtation described in Example 2.

EXAMPLE 11 10 g. Dye 12 are stirred together with 150 g. paraifin oil at 90 C. Then 175 g. of a paste consisting of 58 g. fattyalcoholsulfate,prepared from coconut fatty acids, and 42 percent water, are stirred in at the same temperature. The solution is then brought to 980 g. by stirring in hot water. and cooled to room temperature. 20 g. aqueous ammonia solution, then are stirred in The cream thus obtained has a pH of 8.5 and dyes grey hair a less strong blue than the cream according to Example 2.

EXAMPLE 12 10 g. Dye 14, prepared by reacting 1,4-diamino-5-nitro anthraquinone with di-(ethoxyethoxyethyl)-amine, are worked into 1,000 g. of a cream as described in Example 1. The cream dyes grey hair to a similar color as described in paragraph of Example 2, with but a lesser red hue.

EXAMPLE 13 5 g. Dye 5, prepared by reacting a monochlorinated 1,4-diaminoanthraquinone (using 80 01 for the chlorination) with a solution of sodium in diethylene glycol, are worked into 1,000 g. of a cream as described in Example. 1. This cream dyes hair a strong red with blue hue.

When 10 g. ammonium thiogylcolate are added to this cream, the hair dyed therewith is dyed considerably stronger than with the cream containing no thioglycolate. This cream'also is very stable on storage, and the increased effect obtained by the addition of the thioglycolate remains even after a considerable period of storage.

We claim as our invention:

1. A hair dye composition comprising an anthraquinone compound incorporated in a shampoo, said compound having the formula (III) NH;

wherein X is selected from the group consisting of H2)2- 2)z and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a lower alkyl of l to 4 C-atoms.

2. A hair-dye composition comprising an anthraquinone compound incorporated in a shampoo, said compound having the formula El) NHQ X O NH;

I NH, i

wherein R is a lower alkyl of 1-4 C-atoms.

4. A hair-dye composition comprising an anthraquinone compound incorporated in a shampoo, said com pound having the formula NH O l l fi e NH; O N\ /O CHgCHg 5. A process for dyeing of human hair which comprises applying to said hair for approximately 15 to 20 minutes and substantially at room temperature a shampoo having as active dyeing ingredient a dyestuff of the formula O NH: I1 I (H) I TEz wherein X is selected from the group consisting of 2)2 2)2 and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a lower alkyl of 1 to 4 C-atoms.

6. A process for dyeing of human hair which comprises applying to said hair for approximately 15 to 20 minutes and substantially at room temperature a shampoo having as active dyeing ingredient a dyestulf of the formula wherein X and X are alike and selected from the group consisting of (a) -O[(CH O] H, wherein n equals 1-3;

(b) O(CH O-(CH OR, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a lower alkyl of l-4 C-atoms;

CHrCHa 7. A process for dyeing of human hair whlch comprises applying to said hair for approximately 15 to 20 minutes and substantially at room temperature a shampoo having as active dye ingredient a dyestufi of the formTlla ll NH;

wherein R is a lower alkyl of 1-4 C-atoms.

8. A process for dyeing of human hair which comprises applying to said hair for approximately to minutes and substantially at room temperature a shampoo having as active dyeing ingredient a dyestuff of the formula I H CH OH, NH 0 N 10 z UHF-OH:

References Cited by the Examiner 15 UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,338,745 1/44 Riper et al. 167-88 2,338,746 1/44 Riper et a1. 167-88 2,769,748 11/56 Eckardt et a1 167'88 2,937,190 5/60 Straley et al. 260377 20 2,983,651 5/ 61 Seemuller 167-88 2,990,413 6/ 6 1 Gehrke 260-380 2,992,240 7/61 Lodge 260380 FOREIGN PATENTS 124,527 3/28 Switzerland. 311,210 1/ 56 Switzerland. 345,631 5/ 60 Switzerland.

JULIAN S. LEVI'I'I, Primary Examiner.

Examiners. 

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